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<\/p>\nCalifornia Museum plans to remove C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez from California Hall of Fame<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS NOW SAYING ABOUT THE INCREASE. WE BEGIN AT 4:00 WITH THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CESAR CHAVEZ TODAY. LABOR RIGHTS ACTIVIST DOLORES HUERTA SAYS SHE WAS AMONG THE WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HIM NOW. CHAVEZ DIED THREE DECADES AGO, AND NOW ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS HONORING HIM ARE CANCELED. THERE ARE CALLS TO CHANGE THE NAMES OF PARKS, STREETS AND MEMORIALS, AND THAT INCLUDES SACRAMENTO CESAR CHAVEZ PLAZA AND CENTRAL VALLEY. ASSEMBLYWOMAN ALEXANDRA MACEDO IS PROPOSING TO RENAME CESAR CHAVEZ DAY TO BE FARMWORKER DAY. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS HE IS ALSO OPEN TO RENAMING THE DAY. THE STATE HOLIDAY HAS BEEN MARKED ON MARCH 31ST SINCE 2000. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAID HE AND THE FIRST PARTNER ARE VERY CLOSE WITH HUERTA, AND NONE OF THEM KNEW. THE REVELATIONS CAME TO LIGHT IN A NEW YORK TIMES INVESTIGATION. KCRA 3\u2019S ANDREA FLORES IS HERE WITH WHAT DOLORES HUERTA IS NOW SAYING. DOLORES HUERTA SAYS SHE STAYED SILENT FOR 60 YEARS OUT OF CONCERN HER WORDS WOULD HURT THE FARM WORKER MOVEMENT. BUT TODAY SHE\u2019S DETAILING THE ABUSE SHE FACED AT THE HANDS OF THE LATE LABOR LEADER. NOW, THE STUNNING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST, SAYS CHAVEZ CAME TO LIGHT THIS WEEK. THE NEW YORK TIMES TALKED TO MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE AND USED UNION RECORDS, EMAILS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS TO CORROBORATE ASPECTS OF THOSE ACCOUNTS. THE TIMES SPOKE WITH TWO WOMEN WHO SAY CHAVEZ SEXUALLY ABUSED THEM IN THE 1970S, WHEN THEY WERE UNDERAGE GIRLS, AND CHAVEZ WAS IN HIS 40S. HUERTA SAYS SHE WAS IN HER 30S AT THE TIME. SHE AND CHAVEZ HAD TWO SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS. BOTH OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS LED TO PREGNANCIES, WHICH SHE KEPT SECRET. SHE THEN ARRANGED FOR THE TWO CHILDREN TO BE RAISED BY OTHER FAMILIES. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SPOKE ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY. IT\u2019S BEEN HARD TO ABSORB THIS. YOU KNOW, JEN AND I ARE VERY CLOSE WITH DOLORES. SO MANY OF US ARE, BUT VERY CLOSE HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES AND DECADES. AND NONE OF US KNEW. WE\u2019RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO REFLECT ON ALL OF THAT AND, YOU KNOW, REFLECT ON A FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT AND A LABOR MOVEMENT THAT WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN ONE MAN. WE\u2019RE ALSO HEARING REACTION FROM OTHER LEADERS. CALIFORNIA SENATOR ALEX PADILLA RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, THERE MUST BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND THE SILENCING OF VICTIMS NO MATTER WHO IS INVOLVED. THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE CALIFORNIA HISPANIC LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS ALSO ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE NOT MINOR. THEY ARE DEEPLY SERIOUS AND DESERVE TO BE TREATED AS SUCH BY EVERY INSTITUTION CONNECTED TO HIS NAME AND LEGACY. THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS SAYS IN PART, THAT THEY UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMN ANY FORM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND MINORS, AND STRONGLY DENOUNCE THE ACTIONS ALLEGED INVOLVING THE LATE CESAR CHAVEZ. NOW, THE CHAVEZ FAMILY SAYS THEY HONOR THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO FEEL UNHEARD AND WHO REPORT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. THIS IS CHAVEZ FOUNDATION SAYS IT IS NOW WORKING WITH LEADERS IN THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE ALLEGATIONS AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN HARMED BY CESAR CHAVEZ\u2019S ACTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SCHOOLS, STREETS AND PARKS, THEY ALL BEAR CESAR CHAVEZ\u2019S NAME. AND IN THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO, LOCAL LEADERS ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME OF CESAR CHAVEZ PLAZA. KCRA 3\u2019S MARICELA DE LA CRUZ JOINS US LIVE FROM THERE. IT\u2019S A VERY POPULAR PLACE. MARICELA. YEAH. LISA CURTIS, THIS IS A PLACE THAT HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A GATHERING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE\u2019VE SEEN DIFFERENT CELEBRATIONS, PUBLIC EVENTS, CONCERTS TAKING PLACE HERE YEARLY. BUT CESAR CHAVEZ PLAZA COULD SOON HAVE A NEW NAME. CITY LEADERS TELLING ME THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT TYPICALLY TAKES A FEW MONTHS, BUT THEY\u2019RE HOPING TO FAST TRACK THAT NOW. TODAY, SACRAMENTO CITY MAYOR KEVIN MCCARTY ANNOUNCED A CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE TO GUIDE THE RENAMING OF THE PLAZA. THE GROUP INCLUDES VICE MAYOR KARINA TALAMANTES, MAYOR PRO TEM ERIC GUERRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL BAUM. THEY TELL US RENAMING PUBLIC SPACES CAN OFTEN BE CONTROVERSIAL AND LENGTHY. BUT WITH SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING THE LATE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS CHAVEZ, THEY SAY THEY\u2019RE WORKING TO MOVE FAST. WE WANT TO MOVE DELIBERATELY AND HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE RENAMING COULD BE, BUT I THINK THERE\u2019S PRETTY MUCH UNANIMOUS CONSENT AT THIS POINT THAT WE\u2019RE GOING TO BE SEEKING A NEW NAME. I WORKED IN THE ALMOND ORCHARDS WITH MY DAD AND AND THAT\u2019S, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAD PASSED AWAY BECAUSE OF UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. AND THAT\u2019S WHY THE LABOR MOVEMENT TO ME IS SO PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE LABOR UNIONS HISTORICALLY HAVE FOUGHT FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS, BETTER, YOU KNOW, BETTER WAGES, DIGNITY IN THE WORKPLACE. AND THAT IS ONE THING THAT CESAR CHAVEZ IS KNOWN TO HAVE HELPED LEAD THIS ENTIRE MOVEMENT FOR THE FARM WORKERS OF CALIFORNIA. FOR ME, WHAT\u2019S IMPORTANT IS THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT DO NOT GET LOST. AND WE\u2019RE TOLD THAT PROCESS IS ALREADY UNDERWAY, WITH ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS TAKING PLACE THIS EVENING. THAT\u2019S HAPPENING BETWEEN CITY LEADERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR OUR LIVE MARICELA DE LA CRUZ. KCRA 3 NEWS. THANK YOU, MARICELA. RIGHT NOW ON THE KCRA 3 APP AND KCRA.COM, YOU\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
California Museum plans to remove C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez from California Hall of Fame<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:00 PM PDT Mar 18, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tC\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez will be removed from the California Museum’s list of California Hall of Fame inductees in light of multiple sexual assault allegations made against him. On Tuesday, the United Farm Workers, an organization that the late civil rights leader helped found and lead, denounced Ch\u00e1vez, saying in a statement that it would not participate in C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day events on March 31 because of his alleged sexual abuse of several women and girls cited in a New York Times investigation. The following day, Dolores Huerta, a civil rights leader who co-founded UFW with Ch\u00e1vez, came forward with a statement. Huerta said she had multiple unwanted sexual encounters with Ch\u00e1vez which resulted in two children whom she kept secret for 60 years, along with Ch\u00e1vez’ misconduct in order to not derail the momentum of the farmworkers movement. Read more on Huerta’s statement hereThe California Museum, located in Sacramento, released its own statement on Thursday saying it intends to take action regarding Ch\u00e1vez’ allegations and called this “an unprecedented situation” in the museum’s history. Despite Ch\u00e1vez being a member of the inaugural California Hall of Fame Class in 2006, the California Museum Board of Trustees is working to remove him and establish a new protocol in case it is ever necessary to remove another inductee in the future. “Our hearts go out to the survivors of abusive behavior from this man, whom so many regarded as a hero,” the museum said. “We also still wish to recognize the significant progress that the union achieved under his leadership. It is our hope that the legacy of his efforts continues to improve the lives of farm workers, and that the profound contributions to civil rights by Dolores Huerta, a member of the California Hall of Fame\u2019s 7th class, and Larry Itliong, a member of the 14th class, are never forgotten.”| MORE | Gov. Gavin Newsom says he\u2019s open to renaming C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day in California after sex abuse allegationsThe response to Ch\u00e1vez’ alleged crimes included a call on leadership in California and across the country to denounce him. Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday that he is open to renaming C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day in California. The state holiday has been observed since 2000. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez will be removed from the California Museum’s list of California Hall of Fame inductees in light of multiple sexual assault allegations made against him. <\/p>\n On Tuesday, the United Farm Workers, an organization that the late civil rights leader helped found and lead, denounced Ch\u00e1vez, saying in a statement that it would not participate in C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day events on March 31 because of his alleged sexual abuse of several women and girls cited in a New York Times investigation. <\/p>\n The following day, Dolores Huerta, a civil rights leader who co-founded UFW with Ch\u00e1vez, came forward with a statement. Huerta said she had multiple unwanted sexual encounters with Ch\u00e1vez which resulted in two children whom she kept secret for 60 years, along with Ch\u00e1vez’ misconduct in order to not derail the momentum of the farmworkers movement. <\/p>\n The California Museum, located in Sacramento, released its own statement on Thursday saying it intends to take action regarding Ch\u00e1vez’ allegations and called this “an unprecedented situation” in the museum’s history. Despite Ch\u00e1vez being a member of the inaugural California Hall of Fame Class in 2006, the California Museum Board of Trustees is working to remove him and establish a new protocol in case it is ever necessary to remove another inductee in the future. <\/p>\n “Our hearts go out to the survivors of abusive behavior from this man, whom so many regarded as a hero,” the museum said. “We also still wish to recognize the significant progress that the union achieved under his leadership. It is our hope that the legacy of his efforts continues to improve the lives of farm workers, and that the profound contributions to civil rights by Dolores Huerta, a member of the California Hall of Fame\u2019s 7th class, and Larry Itliong, a member of the 14th class, are never forgotten.”<\/p>\n | MORE | Gov. Gavin Newsom says he\u2019s open to renaming C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day in California after sex abuse allegations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The response to Ch\u00e1vez’ alleged crimes included a call on leadership in California and across the country to denounce him. <\/p>\n Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday that he is open to renaming C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day in California. 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